00:00Why do you vote for trans women?
00:01Because I have to be invisible,
00:05I have to be discriminated,
00:08atropellated,
00:09by the private sector,
00:10by the public sector.
00:12What I tell you is,
00:13when one lives on its own,
00:15it is to be silent.
00:18It's where even more people can get that voice.
00:20So I think that there are the citizens
00:21where they can identify with one.
00:30We are with Aleska Montoya,
00:32candidate to the Consejo de Sabaneta,
00:35Municipio de Antioquia,
00:37by the Conservative Party.
00:39Aleska is a trans woman
00:40and that we wanted to invite her
00:43to talk a little bit about
00:44who she is in the dissident.
00:46I am Aleska Montoya,
00:48I am a trans woman,
00:50of those that she wants to build
00:53through the difference.
00:54I am a student of communication,
00:56social and journalism.
00:59My time is free,
01:01I love photography.
01:03What do you have,
01:04what do you want to push
01:05in the Consejo de Sabaneta?
01:07For me it's a challenge,
01:08because I am the first woman trans
01:10to participate in this political contest.
01:13So it's like changing the chip
01:15that we have in Sabaneta
01:17to say,
01:19well, it's that the diverse population
01:20also exists.
01:21Also in Sabaneta,
01:23I want to push,
01:24I said it once again,
01:25and I repeat it,
01:26and I have it very firm,
01:27it's that first direction
01:29of diversity sexual and gender,
01:31because of some way
01:32we need it.
01:34The Conservative Party
01:35has been one
01:36in which its militants
01:37have been against
01:39the egalitarian marriage,
01:41the egalitarian adoption.
01:43It has been a party
01:44with religious attitudes,
01:47a party where it has been
01:49against the civil rights,
01:51so you will understand
01:53that a lot of people
01:54it seems surprising
01:57that there is a trans candidate
01:58in the Conservative Party.
02:00Why did I do it?
02:01Because it seems
02:01that it is time
02:02to start building
02:05from the right.
02:05I have felt that
02:08many times,
02:09because of the risks
02:10that there are,
02:12the right position
02:13has been affected us a lot
02:15in our personal and social construction.
02:18So I said,
02:19no,
02:20we have to start
02:20to sensitize
02:22where the most
02:23are attacking us.
02:24So that's why I wanted
02:26to choose
02:26the Conservative Party,
02:28to start building
02:31by embracing the difference.
02:33Do you find any kind
02:34of resistance there?
02:35How did you get
02:36to the Conservative Party?
02:37I had a call
02:38from the Conservative Party,
02:40I met with them,
02:41I wanted to listen to them,
02:42I gave them the opportunity,
02:43not to close the doors
02:45once again.
02:46So I remember
02:47that they told me
02:48something very nice
02:48that they told me
02:50that they told me
02:50that they told me
02:51that they told me
02:51that as a party,
02:53for certain risks,
02:55certain fear,
02:56because there is fear,
02:58we have been vulnerable,
02:59and it is time
03:01to recognize
03:02it is time
03:03to generate
03:05a social well-being.
03:07So that
03:07me convinced me.
03:08Now we are
03:09in the election
03:11and many times
03:12the minorities
03:13are instrumentalized.
03:15Do you feel
03:15that now,
03:15especially in this time,
03:17there has been
03:19instrumentalization
03:19of the sexual diversity?
03:20That was something
03:22that I told me
03:23that it would not
03:23allow me to instrumentalize.
03:25Independently
03:26of the party
03:27that they called me
03:27or the movement
03:28that they called me.
03:29Because I feel
03:30that minorities
03:31have to be
03:33the white
03:34or the Indian
03:35of these parties
03:37or movements
03:38to build
03:39a policy.
03:40Because
03:40Aleska Montoya
03:42Hoyos
03:42is not a woman
03:44who will
03:44work
03:45so that they
03:47take it
03:47as an image
03:48of
03:49that we are
03:50inclusive.
03:51No,
03:52we are going to work
03:52for the citizens
03:53and we are going to show
03:54what we are doing.
03:55Well,
03:56they say
03:57that the left is the
03:59that is the
03:59that is the
03:59that is the
03:59that is the
04:00that is the
04:00that the LGBT rights
04:03should be
04:05to identify
04:06with the left.
04:07Others
04:08could say
04:09that no,
04:09that in reality
04:10it is in the
04:12capitalist system
04:14and in the
04:15free market
04:16where there have been
04:18advances in
04:19LGBT rights
04:19and individual liberties.
04:21So,
04:22that is why
04:23people
04:23should be
04:25to identify
04:26more with the
04:26right.
04:27What do you think
04:28about that?
04:30Look,
04:31I think
04:33that
04:34the LGBTQ
04:35in a certain way
04:37we have to
04:38all the sectors.
04:39We cannot
04:39stay with
04:41certain sectors
04:42that we have already
04:42opened the doors.
04:44Look,
04:45the most important
04:46is the balance
04:47and if we don't
04:47have it
04:48because we went
04:49to this
04:51with this
04:52it's time
04:53to work
04:54with this
04:55but also
04:55with this.
04:56So,
04:57what are we going to do
04:58with the right?
04:59What are we going to do
05:00What are we going to do
05:01with the right?
05:02We are going to say
05:03hey,
05:04you are launching
05:05to the political
05:06want our votes
05:08to demonstrate
05:10that they are going
05:10to work for us
05:11that they are going
05:12to say
05:13that they are going
05:14to be inclusive
05:14because there is
05:16someone from LGBT.
05:17No,
05:18that they are going
05:19with actions
05:20that in the
05:21government plans
05:22of future
05:23officials
05:24we are there
05:25included.
05:26How do you plan to
05:27generate a change
05:27of mentality
05:29in a conservative context?
05:31For me, it is very important
05:33to build
05:34from the political
05:35and to
05:36visibilize
05:37those causes
05:38that have lost
05:39the voice.
05:40Look, the only
05:41fact of participating
05:42is a change.
05:44It is starting
05:45the
05:46labor environment
05:47with a diverse focus.
05:48Right?
05:49You have to
05:49build the private sector
05:51with the public sector.
05:52I think
05:53to give the opportunity
05:54to that
05:55LGBTQ
05:56and more in
05:57sabaneta
05:57can generate
06:00those
06:00spaces
06:01labor
06:01that companies
06:02say
06:03that the population
06:04seems to be
06:06to hire
06:07is very important.
06:09Alex, I thank you very much
06:10for your time.
06:12I feel
06:13extremely grateful
06:13to have been able
06:14to have this conversation
06:16and I wish you
06:17much success.
06:18According to the
06:19Caribe Afirmative
06:21in these
06:22elections
06:22there are 152
06:24candidates
06:24of LGBT candidates
06:26the number
06:27highest
06:27in the history
06:28of Colombia.
06:29Of these
06:3025 are
06:31people with
06:32trans experiences.
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